Talk:George Steiner

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[edit] Removed evaluative language

I took out some remarks about how wonderful Steiner is and how "some" see his work as contra "nihilistic" criticism (deconstruction, anyone?). I like Steiner's work myself, but I thought this was supposed to be an unedited encyclopedia.

Also, merely reporting Steiner as criticer without noting his enduring interest in, & contribution to, translation studies is impermissibly vague.

I'd like the article to say something about Steiner's interest in religion and the sacral nature of language/literature, but I don't know his work well enough to do so. Anyone else?